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Re:Joseph McCarthy and the Force of Political Falsehoods by quasse on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @10:42AM (#23987166)
I'm currently listening to the program at the second link you posted [1], so you might want to check what media blocking extensions you are running.

[1] https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80032447

Re:Joseph McCarthy and the Force of Political Falsehoods by eternalban on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @11:09AM (#23987480)
Thanks, you are right.

I wondered if Carrol Quigley addressed this. Content starting in page 954 [pdf 969] addresses the matter very directly:

http://www.carrollquigley.net/pdf/Tragedy_and_Hope.pdf